Premier League's restart could be delayed until June 26 with managers and players worried about the lack of training.

The Premier League’s ‘Project Restart’ could be delayed until June 26 as managers and players argue for longer to prepare for competitive games. The Premier League members will meet tomorrow to sign off on a return to group training for early as Tuesday, although social distancing will still be in place meaning sessions will not involve contact until at least June 1.

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From there managers are believed to want around four weeks to get players up to speed and ready to play competitive games again, meaning June 26 could be the new start date, according to the Mail on Sunday.

That would be a blow to getting the season finished with the preference still to start playing from mid June.

Monday’s meeting is to discuss training protocols and to ramp up sessions that currently only include individual sessions.

However group sessions are complicated by the fact players would still need to practice social distancing until June 1.

Players will have to take two coronavirus tests before returning to training - with both coming back negative, with some players now waiting for the results of their first test.

The Bundesliga returned yesterday with games behind closed doors and new protocols in place.

Players were not supposed to celebrate together and substitutes were to sit apart from each other and wear masks.